If the majority of americans disagree with the current US administration policies and the president hasn't modified his course even after the defeat in the last congress elections, why shouldn't W be impeached?
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I assume it's like the UK system, that when you vote for who you want to govern the Country, you give them the power to make decisions on your behalf, even if you don't agree with them. Of course at election time you can make your dis-pleasure known.
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The President of the United States must be a leader, but is not a true leader if he/she doesn't REPRESENT the people he/she is leading. If the President, who is supposed to serve the American people, loses sight of them in pursuit of his/her own agendas made possible through the power of the office, he/or she is abusing the position. The position of President is a privilege not a right, and unless the President respects the American people's perspective, he/or she is defacing the sanctity of the office and defeating the purpose of democracy.
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You cannot impeach the President for doing what you do not like, only for "Treason, Bribery, or other high Crimes and Misdemeanors". You elected a man, not a set of policies, and he is entitled to do whatever he wants as long as *he* thinks it is for the good of the country. Provided he is so behaving, he is not impeachable.
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There are specific requirements for impeachment, and Bush does not fit them. Clinton was impeached for lying to a grand jury, which is perjury, and therefore got himself in trouble. It wasn't about blowjobs or any other crap but actually lying to a grand jury under oath. He fit a specific requirement for impeachment.
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President Bush hasn't done anything to be impeached for as others have mentioned. The way we in the US show our disagreement with the current administration is by not re-electing our representives in government. We don't need impeachments, revolutions, or coups to change our government. That is the beauty of having free elections. It has been successful for over 200 years. If you don't like the current admins decisions then don't vote to keep them in office. Don't vote for the candidates they support. That is the most effective way to alter government policy. If politians believe a decision will make them or their party lose power, they will act accordingly.
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That's what the voting process is for. You can't impeach a president simply because you don't agree with him.
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I believe that President Bush and VP Cheney can and should be impeached. One major thing people forget is that "high crimes" is not the same thing as "felonies" (acutally, "misdemeanor" had a different meaning in 1789 than it does today as well). A "high crime" is any crime that involves abuse of the power of office. There is substantial evidence that Bush and Cheney *have* abused the power of their offices and committed frauds on the Congress and the American people. http://www.amazon.com/United-States-George-Bush-al/dp/1583227563/ http://www.slate.com/id/2169292 Unfortunately, I believe the Democratic Party leadership is content to 'let the clock run out' on the Bush presidency, rather than take on the politically daunting task of impeachment proceedings.
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The majority of Americans have only the very foggiest of notions as to what the current US administration's policies are. A government is a system, not mob rule. Personally, I'm only dissatisfied with a few of this administration's policies. Approval ratings are not a good indicator of desire for impeachment, or belief that something better is likely to come along.
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